Bedste Sean Carrolls-podcasts (2024)

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Holiday Message | Hits and Misses 2:01:23

2d ago2:01:23

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It's the end of the year, and time for our annual holiday break here at Mindscape. But as usual, we wrap up with a Holiday Message. This year, inspired by Joni Mitchell's "Hits" and "Misses" albums, I go through my scientific papers and talk about some of my favorites -- some of which were hits, in terms of making an impact on subsequent research, …

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299 | Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life 1:13:00

11d ago1:13:00

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Living organisms seem exquisitely organized and complex, with features clearly adapted to serving certain functions needed to survive and procreate. Natural selection provides a compelling explanation for why that is so. But is there a bigger picture, a more general framework that explains the origin and evolution of functions and complexity in a w…

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298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain 1:09:09

18d ago1:09:09

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The number of neurons in the human brain is comparable to the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Unlike the stars, however, in the case of neurons the real action is in how they are directly connected to each other: receiving signals over synapses via their dendrites, and when appropriately triggered, sending signals down the axon to other ne…

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AMA | December 2024 3:55:31

25d ago3:55:31

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Welcome to the December 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the que…

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297 | Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation 1:15:12

1M ago1:15:12

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Not too long ago, Brad Pitt and Eric Bana starred in a (loose) adaptation of Homer's epic poem The Iliad; next month, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche will headline a film based on The Odyssey. Given that the originals were written (or at least written down) in the 8th century BCE, that is some impressive staying power. But they were also written…

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296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution 1:15:42

1M ago1:15:42

1:15:42

Biological evolution via natural selection is a simple idea that becomes enormously complicated in its realization. Populations of organisms are driven toward increased "fitness," a measure of how successfully we reproduce our genetic information. But fitness is a subtle concept, changing with time and environment and interactions with other organi…

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295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality 1:34:59

2M ago1:34:59

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Emergence is a centrally important concept in science and philosophy. Indeed, the existence of higher-level emergent properties helps render the world intelligible to us -- we can sensibly understand the macroscopic world around us without a complete microscopic picture. But there are various different ways in which emergence might happen, and a te…

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AMA | November 2024 3:50:29

2M ago3:50:29

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Welcome to the November 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the que…

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294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life 1:11:33

2M ago1:11:33

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Erwin Schrödinger said that the important characteristic of life is that it "goes on doing something... for a much longer period than we would expect an inanimate piece of matter to keep going under similar circumstances." Living organisms are in constant motion inside; so where does this stability and persistence come from? Addy Pross points to a …

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293 | Doyne Farmer on Chaos, Crashes, and Economic Complexity 1:11:17

2M ago1:11:17

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A large economy is one of the best examples we have of complex dynamics. There are multiple components arranged in complicated overlapping hierarchies, out-of-equilibrium dynamics, nonlinear coupling and feedback between different levels, and ubiquitous unpredictable and chaotic behavior. Nevertheless, many economic models are based on relatively s…

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292 | Jonathan Birch on Animal Sentience 1:10:42

2M ago1:10:42

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It's not immoral to kick a rock; it is immoral to kick a baby. At what point do we start saying that it is wrong to cause pain to something? This question has less to do with "consciousness" and more to do with "sentience" -- the ability to perceive feelings and sensations. Philosopher Jonathan Birch has embarked on a careful study of the meaning o…

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AMA | October 2024 4:29:35

3M ago4:29:35

4:29:35

Welcome to the October 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the ques…

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291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging 1:20:36

3M ago1:20:36

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Aging and death happen to the best of us, but there are increasing efforts to do something about it. That effort requires that we have some reasonable understanding of why aging happens, and what processes are involved. You will be unsurprised to learn that it's complicated. Venki Ramakrishnan, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the ribosome, …

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Holiday Message | Hits and Misses 2:01:23

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299 | Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life 1:13:00

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298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain 1:09:09

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AMA | December 2024 3:55:31

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297 | Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation 1:15:12

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296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution 1:15:42

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295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality 1:34:59

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AMA | November 2024 3:50:29

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294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life 1:11:33

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293 | Doyne Farmer on Chaos, Crashes, and Economic Complexity 1:11:17

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292 | Jonathan Birch on Animal Sentience 1:10:42

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AMA | October 2024 4:29:35

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291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging 1:20:36

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